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Superfamily Hesperiades, Grote emend. 1897. 



Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 



Pierididse. 



Nymphalidse. 



Libytheidae. 



Riodinidae. 



Lycsenidae. 



Hesperiadse. 



Megathymidae. 



Type Pieris rapae, L. 



Type Nymphalis lucilla, L. 



Type Libythea celtis, F. 



Type Riodina lysippus, L. 



Type Lycaena meleager, Esp. 



Type Hesperia malvae, L. 



Type Megathymus yuccae, B. & Lee. 



Superfamily Sphingides. 

 Family Sphingida?. Type Sphinx ligustri, L. 



Superfamily Sattirtiiades, Grote, 1896. 



Saturniadse. Type Saturnia pavonia major, L. 



Type Citheronia regalis, F. 



Family 



Family Citheroniadae. 



Superfamily Bombycides (Agrotides). 



Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 

 Family 



Family 

 Family 



Lachneidas. 



Hypogymnidae. 



Melalophidte. 



Ptilodontidaa. 



Platypterygidae. 



Geometridae. 



Brephidaa. 



Dioptidae. 



Thyatiridae. 



Nycteolidae. 



Lithosiadae. 



Sphecomorphidae 



Hipocritidae. 



Pericopidae. 



Agaristidaa. 



Apatelidaa 5 . 



Type Lachneis catax, L. 



Type Hypogymna morio, L. 



Type Melalopha curtula, L. 



Type Ptilodon camelina, L. 



Type Platypteryx hamula, L. 



Type Geometra papilionaria, L. (?) 



Type Brephos parthenias, L. 



Type Dioptis cyma, Hiibn. 



Type Thyatira batis, L. 



Type Nycteola degenerana, Hubn. 



Type Lithosia complana, L. 



Type Sphecomorpha incendiaria, Hiibn. 



Type Hipocrita jacobaea, L. 



Type Pericopis zerbina, Stoll. 



Type Agarista agricola, Don. 



Type Apatela aceris, L. 



Superfamily Tineides, Grote, 1895. 

 Cochlidionidae. Type Coclidion limacodes, Hiibn. 



Megalopygidae. Type Megalopyge lanata, Cram. 



5 This is (Noctua failing) the oldest collective term I can find, and I employ it for 

 the whole group in sensu Lederer, etc. The group has been divided into families by 

 .uence and Herrich-Schaeffer (Agrotidre, etc.). 



